Development Cooperation Handbook/Interviews/Rajesh Kumar Jha

27px Youtube ⇒ playlist Rajesh Kumar Jha Sr. Programme Officer for the Centre for World Solidarity India, New Delhi, 2 April 2010 Interviewed by Fausto Aarya De Santis in the context of the reportage on 19px ⇒ The Millennium Village Project - Jharkhand 13px Millenium Village Project - playlist thumb|upright=1.2| 13px Millenium Village Project - playlist What do the MDGs mean to you? Do you see hope in the MDGs? thumb|left|What do the MDGs mean to me |25px 17px These problems used to exist earlier and still exit today. The MDGs have interlinked all these problems by bringing them together.Income's relation with food security,and these two's relation with education and all these combined relation with the environment... the MDGs have created a platform to think about all these issues together and not keep them compartmentalized as different. What Message would you give to the Donors? thumb|Our message to the donors |25px 17px As small NGOs we don't have the capacity to change the whole district, state or country, but these small funds are very important to mobilize the community, to involve them in the planning and as a result the people are able to take care of themselves. Most of the project are not owned by the community and they have a top to bottom approach where the state formulates and the project which in turn will have an effect on the people. Instead these projects have a bottom to top approach where the community tries to understand what is it that they need, how they need it, where they need it and then the projects are implemented. What is it that motivates you to work in the social sector? thumb|I'm a geologist by profession but i landed up in this profession by default |25px 17px What makes me really happy and satisfied when because of me i see people stand up on their own feet and become more aware of their right... a satisfaction which maybe if i was in a 'normal' job would not have got. Video clips 23px On YouTube ⇒ Millenium Village Project - playlist thumb|Interview for the Millennium Project